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Kim Potter sentenced to two years in prison for killing of Daunte Wright

JURIST

Daunte Wright was fatally shot in a Minneapolis suburb last April after Potter and Officer Anthony Luckey, who was being trained by Potter, made a traffic stop after spotting expired tags on Wright’s vehicle and an air freshener hanging from his rear-view mirror, a misdemeanor in Minnesota.

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Can CAHOOTS Blaze a Path to Police Reform?

The Crime Report

Last June, as protests over George Floyd’s killing swept the nation, two main types of stories crossed my desk at Solutions Journalism Network (SJN): evaluating various types of police reforms, and telling the tale of one policing alternative in particular, called CAHOOTS. CAHOOTS van in Eugene, Ore. Photo via KVAL TV.

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California dispatch: Los Angeles County sheriff’s controversial right turn has made him a villain to many

JURIST

By December 2018, that number exceeded 27 with some being tagged as retirees being rehired and others simply as “rehires.” Indeed, Villanueva went on the defensive and became combative after his deputies fired 19 shots and killed Dijon Kizzee, a black man, in South LA even as protests over George Floyd’s murder were ongoing.